The IP over ATM Mailing List Archive by date[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index][Thread Index][Author Index][Subject Index] The purpose of IP over ATM and What size is a LIS?
> To: Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.cc.titech.ac.jp> > Cc: hiroshi@ctr.columbia.edu (Hiroshi Esaki), ip-atm@matmos.hpl.hp.com > Subject: Re: The purpose of IP over ATM > In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 11 May 1995 13:03:47 +0200." > <199505110404.NAA10799@necom830.cc.titech.ac.jp> > Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 13:43:46 -0400 > From: Curtis Villamizar <curtis@ans.net> > There is no reason why a LIS should be made large. The fact that LIS > are kept small and interconnected by routers to form an internetwork > is a feature of IP, and a featue of Classical IP over ATM, not a bug. ... > > Curtis > > ps- Please let this thread die. I don't think we should let this thread die until we have answered the question posed by Grenville: the WG has never defined what it means by what Curtis calls "large". The only concensus we seem to have so far is that 2 <= "large" <= less-than-global. Can we please try to get a little more focussed on narrowing this range? Andrew ******************************************************************************** Andrew Smith TEL: +1 408 764 1574 Technology Synergy Unit FAX: +1 408 988 5525 Bay Networks, Inc. E-m: asmith@baynetworks.com Santa Clara, CA ******************************************************************************** |
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